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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Michigan-based SpartanNash is planning to close its food-distribution warehouse in Rapid City on April 4. Company spokeswoman Meredith Gremel told the Rapid City Journal ( ) that most of the 49 workers there will lose their jobs. Operations at the western South Dakota warehouse will be consolidated in distribution centers […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The autobiography of prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder, which gives a grittier view of frontier living than her popular “Little House” series for children, is proving to be a blockbuster for the South Dakota Historical Society Press. “Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography,” was released in November by the small state-owned publishing […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The autobiography of Laura Ingalls Wilder is proving to be a blockbuster for the South Dakota Historical Society Press. The small state-owned publishing house released “Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography” in November. Wilder penned the popular children’s series of Little House on the Prairie books, but her autobiography was written for […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police are searching for a man who two teenage girls say tried to lure them into his vehicle. A 13-year-old and 14-year-old told police Wednesday evening the suspect tried to get them to enter his vehicle while they were walking near downtown Sioux Falls. According to a police […]

Several state legislatures are debating vaccine-related measures as dozens of people have fallen ill from a measles outbreak that started at Disneyland in December and spread beyond the theme park. Here is a look at some of the legislation around the country: CALIFORNIA Three California lawmakers, all Democrats, introduced legislation this week that would require […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A southeast South Dakota blood bank has donated a mobile blood donation center to a nonprofit helping children in Mexico. The Community Blood Bank of Sioux Falls has given its former bloodmobile to the Los Cabos Children’s Foundation. The organization provides cardiac and oncology care for children of the Los […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s capital city has been going through a building boom of sorts. John Irvine with the city of Pierre told the Capital Journal ( ) that building permits for 2014 totaled $44 million in new construction. He says the last time the city was close to that was 2004 when […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers appear to be backing transportation funding package close to Gov.buy Tadalafil generic https://buynoprescriptiononlinerxx.net over the counter Dennis Daugaard’s roughly $50 million proposal, which is about half of a $100 million plan that a key legislative panel had suggested. Senate Majority Leader Tim Rave said he will replace the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The former president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe has formed a group to confront racism in Rapid City in response to reports that some Native American children were subjected to racial slurs and sprayed with beer at a local hockey game. Former President Bryan Brewer tells KCSR-AM his yet-to-named group […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state Senate has passed a measure that would authorize three new voter-approved games in Deadwood. The chamber on Thursday voted 27-7 to approve the proposal to allow keno, craps and roulette in the historic mining town. It is now expected to be heard in a House committee. Supporters have pushed […]